Presentation by:

Harsh Thakur (20bar020)

Mrinal Dhawale (20bar049)

Bimal Patel
Architect, President of CEPT
University

Born : August 31, 1961

 Education & Early Life

1978 1984 1985 1988 1989 1995

Diploma in Architecture
Graduated with M.Arch Ph.D from the Department
from the center of
and MCP desgrees from of City and Regional
Environment Planning and
Berkeley Planning, Berkeley
Technology, Ahemdabad
Early Career

In 1981, he apperenticed with

Frei Otto at the institute for
lightweight Structures,
Stuttgart, Germany. Living and
working there also gave him
the opportunity to travel
through much of western
Europe at a younger age.
 Among the many teachers who he studied
with, and those who he worked with closely
were Prof. Manuel Castells (sociologist), Sir
Peter Hall (historian of Urban Planning), Prof.
Richard Walker of the Geography Department
and Prof. Donlyn Lyndon (architect).
Professional Career

Prof. Bimal Patel has over 35 years of

professional, research and teaching
experience in architecture, urban
design and urban planning.
He is the President of CEPT University,
Ahemdabad, of which he is an alumni.
He leads HCP Design Planning and
Management Pvt. Ltd. , a prominent and
respectable firm making leading
designs across the country.
 "From a country that lived in villages, India is becoming a nation of towns and cities.
Roads are congested and traffic seems unmanageable. The country's creaking
infrastructure has been unable to support its cities' rapid growth. Local governments
should be granted autonomy to increase productivity.
The task of developing our cities is primarily seen as the burden of state-level
politicians."
 The
Beginning

He joined his father's practice in

Ahemdabad in 1990, where one
of his first projects was the
campus for the
Entrepreneurship Development
Institute, which won him the Aga
Khan Award for Architecture in
1992.
 Projects selected
Entrepreneurship New campus of IIM Sabarmati Riverfront
Development Ahemdabad Development Project,
Institute, Ahemdabad Ahemdabad
 The EDI campus
consists of spaces
linked by courts
and corridors, with
five verandah type
buildings - three
for academics,
placed on higher
ground and two for
dormitories.
Expansive linear arrangement of plots, with centralized common spaces,
encased by residential units.
The new campus is
accommodated in a 39
acre site and includes
facilities like 9 dormitories
for 340 students; an
academic block with 5
classrooms and seminar
rooms; administrative
facilities ; IMDC Hostels;
22 blocks for married
students; 6 VIP suites; a
sports complex; kitchen &
dining facilities; a CIIE
Block and 100
guestrooms. The public
areas are designed to be
accessible to the disabled
and adequate land has
been demarcated for
future expansion.
The new campus can be
thought of as a separate
entity from the old one,
and maintains a
consistency with the
abstraction of forms and
geometric rigor. There is
an underpass that
connects the two
campuses, and it has its
own approach road and
entrance halls.
There is a restraint shown
in the selection of the
muted tones, with minimal
fenestrations and a sense
of magnified scale. In
order to seamlessly
transition from Kahn's
earlier beloved form work
and present a new space,
exposed concrete is the
primary building block,
with mild steel and wood
intricacies.
Referenc https://architecture.live/indian-institute-of-
management-ahemdabad-new-campus-ahmedabad-

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These sites helped in creating this
presentation. All data taken is
utilized.
hcp-design-planning-management-pvt/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimal_Patel_(architect)
https://issuu.com/nirbhaybaghel/docs/bimal_patel
https://sabarmatiriverfront.com/
https://hcp.co.in/urbanism/sabarmati-riverfront-
development/